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Triple Jump, Men

Date	16 October 1964
Status	Olympic
Location	Kokuritsu Kyogijo, Shinjuku, Tokyo
Participants	34 from 21 countries

Józef Szmidt was back to defend, but he had surgery on his knee only a few months before the Olympics and it was not expected he could win. He had won the 1958 and 1962 European Championships and was still world record holder, but his knee was the question mark. Round one was led by Britain’s Fred Alsop, third at the 1962 Commonwealth Games. But Szmidt confirmed his form in round two with 16.65 (54-7½), which was good enough to win the gold. He improved that in the final round with an Olympic record 16.85 (55-3½). The silver was won by Oleg Fedoseyev (URS), who had won bronze at the 1962 Europeans.

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Qualifying	Final
1	508	Józef Szmidt	POL	16.18 (5)	16.85 (1)	Gold	OR
2	677	Oleg Fedoseyev	URS	15.87 (9)	16.58 (2)	Silver
3	676	Viktor Kravchenko	URS	15.81 (=11)	16.57 (3)	Bronze
4	180	Fred Alsop	GBR	16.41 (1)	16.46 (4)
5	535	Șerban Ciochină	ROU	15.81 (=11)	16.23 (5)
6	239	Manfred Hinze	GER	16.23 (3)	16.15 (6)
7	51	Georgi Stoykovski	BUL	16.21 (4)	16.10 (7)
8	240	Hans-Jürgen Rückborn	GER	15.88 (8)	16.09 (8)
9	743	Ira Davis	USA	16.29 (2)	16.00 (9)
10	819	Takayuki Okazaki	JPN	16.05 (7)	15.90 (10)
11	745	Bill Sharpe	USA	15.80 (13)	15.84 (11)
12	509	Jan Jaskólski	POL	16.10 (6)	15.82 (12)
13	555	Mansour Dia	SEN	15.84 (10)	15.44 (13)
14 r1/2	241	Günter Krivec	GER	15.78 (14)	–
15 r1/2	19	Ian Tomlinson	AUS	15.76 (15)	–
16 r1/2	675	Vitold Kreyer	URS	15.71 (16)	–
17 r1/2	820	Koji Sakurai	JPN	15.59 (17)	–
18 r1/2	181	Mike Ralph	GBR	15.57 (18)	–
19 r1/2	296	Henrik Kalocsai	HUN	15.53 (19)	–
20 r1/2	561	Luis Felipe Areta	ESP	15.41 (20)	–
21 r1/2	744	Kent Floerke	USA	15.36 (21)	–
22 r1/2	447	George Ogan	NGR	15.35 (22)	–
23 r1/2	625	Aşkın Tuna	TUR	15.21 (23)	–
24 r1/2	847	Christian Ohiri	NGR	15.08 (24)	–
25 r1/2	144	Éric Battista	FRA	15.04 (25)	–
26 r1/2	318	Labh Singh	IND	14.95 (26)	–
27 r1/2	52	Lyuben Gurgushinov	BUL	14.75 (27)	–
28 r1/2	414	Marc Rabémila	MAD	14.62 (28)	–
29 r1/2	34	Hartley Saunders	BAH	14.59 (29)	–
30 r1/2	397	Hwang Jeong-Dae	KOR	13.98 (30)	–
31 r1/2	334	Samir Vincent	IRQ	13.85 (31)	–
32 r1/2	284	Chu Ming	HKG	13.50 (32)	–
AC r1/2	20	Graham Boase	AUS	– (NM)	–
AC r1/2	821	Tomio Ota	JPN	– (NM)	–
DNS	279	Chrisostomos Mousiadis	GRE	– (DNS)	–
DNS	–	Cha Won-Sil	PRK	– (DNS)	–

Qualifying Round (16 October 1964 — 10:30)

Top 12 and ties and all those reaching 15.80 metres advanced to the final.

Pos	Athlete	NOC	Distance	2nd Best
1	Fred Alsop	GBR	16.41	–	Q
2	Ira Davis	USA	16.29	–	Q
3	Manfred Hinze	GER	16.23	–	Q
4	Georgi Stoykovski	BUL	16.21	–	Q
5	Józef Szmidt	POL	16.18	–	Q
6	Jan Jaskólski	POL	16.10	–	Q
7	Takayuki Okazaki	JPN	16.05	–	Q
8	Hans-Jürgen Rückborn	GER	15.88	–	Q
9	Oleg Fedoseyev	URS	15.87	–	Q
10	Mansour Dia	SEN	15.84	–	Q
=11	Șerban Ciochină	ROU	15.81	–	Q
=11	Viktor Kravchenko	URS	15.81	–	Q
13	Bill Sharpe	USA	15.80	–	Q
14	Günter Krivec	GER	15.78	–
15	Ian Tomlinson	AUS	15.76	–
16	Vitold Kreyer	URS	15.71	–
17	Koji Sakurai	JPN	15.59	–
18	Mike Ralph	GBR	15.57	–
19	Henrik Kalocsai	HUN	15.53	–
20	Luis Felipe Areta	ESP	15.41	–
21	Kent Floerke	USA	15.36	–
22	George Ogan	NGR	15.35	–
23	Aşkın Tuna	TUR	15.21	–
24	Christian Ohiri	NGR	15.08	–
25	Éric Battista	FRA	15.04	–
26	Labh Singh	IND	14.95	–
27	Lyuben Gurgushinov	BUL	14.75	–
28	Marc Rabémila	MAD	14.62	–
29	Hartley Saunders	BAH	14.59	–
30	Hwang Jeong-Dae	KOR	13.98	–
31	Samir Vincent	IRQ	13.85	–
32	Chu Ming	HKG	13.50	–
NM	Graham Boase	AUS	–	–
NM	Tomio Ota	JPN	–	–
DNS	Chrisostomos Mousiadis	GRE	–	–
DNS	Cha Won-Sil	PRK	–	–

Qualifying Round, Group A (16 October 1964)

Pos	Ord	Athlete	NOC	Distance	R1	R3	R2
1	14	Fred Alsop	GBR	16.41	×	15.21 (+1.4)	16.41 (-1.7)	Q
2	16	Manfred Hinze	GER	16.23	14.10 (-0.6)	15.47 (+1.1)	16.23 (-0.3)	Q
3	10	Georgi Stoykovski	BUL	16.21	16.21 (-1.4)	-	-	Q
4	15	Józef Szmidt	POL	16.18	16.18 (+1.1)	-	-	Q
5	9	Jan Jaskólski	POL	16.10	16.10 (-1.5)	-	-	Q
6	1	Takayuki Okazaki	JPN	16.05	15.76 (-0.7)	15.47 (+1.2)	16.05 (-0.2)	Q
7	12	Hans-Jürgen Rückborn	GER	15.88	15.88 (-1.9)	-	-	Q
8	3	Șerban Ciochină	ROU	15.81	15.81 (+0.4)	-	-	Q
9	5	Bill Sharpe	USA	15.80	15.80 (-1.1)	-	-	Q
10	2	Günter Krivec	GER	15.78	×	15.78 (+0.1)	15.78 (+1.7)
11	11	Ian Tomlinson	AUS	15.76	15.09 (-1.7)	15.76 (+1.8)	15.34 (-1.7)
12	8	Mike Ralph	GBR	15.57	15.09 (-1.7)	13.98 (-0.8)	15.57 (-1.5)
13	13	Henrik Kalocsai	HUN	15.53	×	15.53 (+1.4)	15.15 (-1.8)
14	6	Lyuben Gurgushinov	BUL	14.75	14.75 (-1.8)	×	×
15	17	Marc Rabémila	MAD	14.62	14.15 (-0.7)	14.62 (+0.6)	13.92 (-2.0)
16	7	Chu Ming	HKG	13.50	13.50 (-1.6)	13.25 (+1.3)	×
NM	4	Graham Boase	AUS	–	×	×	×
NM	18	Tomio Ota	JPN	–	×	×	×

Qualifying Round, Group B (16 October 1964)

Pos	Ord	Athlete	NOC	Distance	R1	R2	R3
1	18	Ira Davis	USA	16.29	16.29 (-2.6)	-	-	Q
2	15	Oleg Fedoseyev	URS	15.87	15.87 (-0.6)	-	-	Q
3	9	Mansour Dia	SEN	15.84	15.64 (-0.4)	15.84 (-2.2)	-	Q
4	8	Viktor Kravchenko	URS	15.81	15.81 (-0.4)	-	-	Q
5	6	Vitold Kreyer	URS	15.71	15.71 (-1.8)	15.57 (-2.0)	15.69 (-1.3)
6	5	Koji Sakurai	JPN	15.59	15.42 (-1.6)	15.59 (-2.3)	15.45 (-0.4)
7	3	Luis Felipe Areta	ESP	15.41	15.41 (0.0)	×	×
8	4	Kent Floerke	USA	15.36	15.36 (-0.9)	×	15.33 (-0.7)
9	13	George Ogan	NGR	15.35	×	15.35 (-1.2)	15.28 (+0.8)
10	1	Aşkın Tuna	TUR	15.21	15.08 (+0.3)	15.21 (-2.4)	×
11	7	Christian Ohiri	NGR	15.08	14.35 (-1.3)	15.08 (-3.2)	15.00 (-0.8)
12	10	Éric Battista	FRA	15.04	15.04 (-1.8)	×	×
13	12	Labh Singh	IND	14.95	14.95 (-2.9)	×	14.74 (-1.5)
14	16	Hartley Saunders	BAH	14.59	14.59 (-2.2)	13.75 (-0.3)	14.58 (-0.5)
15	17	Hwang Jeong-Dae	KOR	13.98	×	×	13.98 (+0.6)
16	11	Samir Vincent	IRQ	13.85	×	×	13.85 (-1.6)
DNS	2	Chrisostomos Mousiadis	GRE	–	–	–	–
DNS	14	Cha Won-Sil	PRK	–	–	–	–

Final Round (16 October 1964 — 14:30)

Pos	Ord	Athlete	NOC	Distance	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6
1	8	Józef Szmidt	POL	16.85	16.37 (+0.8)	16.65 (+0.2)	16.58 (+1.1)	×	14.55 (-1.7)	16.85 (-1.3)	OR
2	12	Oleg Fedoseyev	URS	16.58	15.73 (+1.0)	15.67 (-0.3)	16.35 (+0.1)	16.20 (+0.7)	16.58 (-0.8)	16.38 (-1.4)
3	10	Viktor Kravchenko	URS	16.57	16.14 (+0.6)	16.38 (+0.8)	16.17 (-0.7)	16.57 (-1.2)	16.10 (-1.7)	15.99 (-1.6)
4	7	Fred Alsop	GBR	16.46	16.46 (+0.7)	×	16.14 (-1.7)	×	×	16.14 (-1.7)
5	2	Șerban Ciochină	ROU	16.23	15.79 (-1.7)	16.23 (-1.6)	15.70 (-0.9)	16.10 (-1.3)	15.79 (-0.7)	15.77 (-1.6)
6	9	Manfred Hinze	GER	16.15	15.81 (+0.9)	16.06 (+1.2)	16.15 (+1.1)	×	13.63 (-1.6)	×
7	5	Georgi Stoykovski	BUL	16.10	15.30w (+2.1)	15.96 (+0.8)	16.10 (-0.1)	–	–	–
8	6	Hans-Jürgen Rückborn	GER	16.09	16.09 (+1.4)	×	15.52 (+1.2)	–	–	–
9	743	Ira Davis	USA	16.00	15.97 (-2.0)	15.82 (-0.5)	16.00 (-1.1)	–	–	–
10	1	Takayuki Okazaki	JPN	15.90	15.69 (+0.5)	×	15.90 (+1.0)	–	–	–
11	3	Bill Sharpe	USA	15.84	15.84 (-7.8)	15.69 (0.0)	15.67 (+1.2)	–	–	–
12	4	Jan Jaskólski	POL	15.82	15.82 (-0.9)	-	-	–	–	–
13	11	Mansour Dia	SEN	15.44	15.40 (+0.5)	×	15.44 (+0.6)	–	–	–